TN visa renewal

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arthurtn

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Good morning everyone!!

Dear Immigration.com,

I have a little problem and I would like to hear from you, what is your recommendation to proceed.

I'm Mexican, I have granted a TN visa, right now I'm in US, my I-94 is going to expire the on Dec 16, I'm trying to renew my status for the first time, but I have 2 options:

1. Stay in US and Send the documents using premium service but premium is going to take 15 days to proccess this means I could stay in US with no status, looks like the premium proccessing time is about 15 day which is not bad but it is not enough for me. I still have a valid Business and Tourism B1/B2 visa I don't know if this could help to cover the gap of about 5 days.

2. Return to Mexico and re-do the paperwork to obtain a new tn visa + I-94 but this is going to be very expensive.

What option you think is the best option for me? and why?


Thanks in advance
 
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If you stay in US, there is no need to use premium processing. Submitting the I-129 in a timely fashion (before Dec 16) gets you 240 day grace period, during which you can remain in US with TN-pending status. No need to spend money on premium processing. There is no gap if you submit the paperwork on time. Your B1/B2 visa is of no value.

If you leave US you will have to get a new TN visa stamp, but you would have to do that anyways, but you will not have to re-submit a TN (your new I-94 will be good) if you wait for approval.
 
Thanks a lot Nelsona.

Now I have some questions regarding the I-129 form,

Part 5 Question 5. Will the beneficiary work off-site? only have the options No or Yes.

In my work sometimes we have projects in other countries different than US, like southamerica, sometimes I have to visit to those clients, so at that time I work off-site but the majority of the time I'm in the office in US.
Do you know what is the purpose of this question?
What option should I check?


Part 5 Question 10. Dates of intended employment.
I'm not sure what date range should I ask, the first request made on the interview at the us embassy in Mexico City, was from about, march 8 2012 expiring march 8 2015. they gave me a TN visa of 1 year from december 16 2012 to dec 16 2013, but I entered to US and started to work on July 19 2013. I have about 5 months working, some options are:

1. Request the same date range that was stated on the original contract that I showed on the interview, from march 8 2012 to march 8 2015. But I read in a guide that it cannot be a date on the past.

2. Request the range of 3 years starting from the day I started to work July 19 2013 to July 19 2016. But It is still a date in the past.

3. Request starting from now to march 8 2015

4. Request starting from now to July 19 2016

5. Request 3 years starting from now

6. Request 1 year starting from now.


Again thank you very much for your help, I considered you guys the best guide on the net, I have been reading several sites and I saw you are the only one that have a lot of experience on this.
 
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you are asking for an EXTENSION (this is the same employer, yes?), so the date would be from the expiry date of your TN, lasting 3 years from that date (assuming that this is how long the employer currently intends to keep you.

Off-site means in other US locations.
 
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